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Steven M. Sipple: Please don't call Nebraska-Iowa a real rivalry -- not yet, anyway

Related Topics: Iowa, Nebraska, Pumpkin pie, Touchdown

Please allow me to indulge in something other than turkey bathed in cranberries, with mashed potatoes flowing like ocean waves over the side of my plate, and so much whipped cream on my pumpkin pie that I can't even see the burnt-orange part.

The fantasy is Nebraska-Iowa someday becoming a genuine college football rivalry, as opposed to merely an annual Big Ten divisional contest that's perhaps trending toward heated-rivalry status.

It's another gray day in Iowa City. Nebraska's hopes are alive for winning the Big Ten West Division. The Huskers appear to be marching toward a game-winning touchdown.